{"title":"Günter Grass","description":"\u003cp\u003eGünter Grass's works immerse readers in richly textured narratives that explore the complexities of history, memory, and identity. Known for blending elements of \u003cem\u003ehistorical fiction\u003c\/em\u003e with vivid, often surreal storytelling, his novels challenge perceptions and delve deeply into post-war German experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the haunting allegory of \u003cem\u003eThe Tin Drum\u003c\/em\u003e to the intricate reflections found in \u003cem\u003eThe Call of the Toad\u003c\/em\u003e, Grass's writing offers a profound examination of society and culture. 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Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum, Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures in post-war Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46496406733036,"sku":"9780099540656","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11495393482223.jpg?v=1748498417"},{"product_id":"the-tin-drum-by-gunter-grass-9781784879877","title":"The Tin Drum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war—each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBitter and impassioned, \u003cem\u003eThe Tin Drum\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a scathing dissection of Germany and Poland under the Nazis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn his third birthday, Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum, Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures in post-war Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrass is one of the master fabulists of our age\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Breon Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by the author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war—each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46534019612908,"sku":"9781784879877","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784879877.jpg?v=1749520552"},{"product_id":"the-living-statue-by-gunter-grass-9780811238106","title":"The Living Statue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the 1980s, a writer on a book tour, who very much resembles Grass, passes through East Germany and visits the Cathedral of Naumburg with its famous twelve donor statues. He invites the sculptor's models to dinner—and they come, not as ghosts, but as they were when alive in the thirteenth century. Toward the end of dinner, after drinking an icy Coca-Cola, the model for the famed beauty Uta von Naumburg declares she has to go to work: a living statue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he continues touring around Europe, the writer looks for Uta and her donation basket outside every cathedral he passes. At last, in Frankfurt, he sees her in front of Deutsche Bank and the two have a meeting with staggering consequences. As Grass said, \"on paper everything is possible,\" and in this tale he gleefully erases the line between life and death, present and past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Living Statue\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful work that blends the boundaries of reality and fiction, inviting readers to explore a world where history and the present intertwine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796839157996,"sku":"9780811238106","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22765023482476.jpg?v=1757111669"},{"product_id":"the-call-of-the-toad-by-gunter-grass-9780749398781","title":"The Call of the Toad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a genuine tour de force\u003c\/em\u003e - New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGdansk 1989. A Polish woman, a gilding specialist, meets a German man, a professor in art history. A walk together in a graveyard gives rise to an ambition to establish a Cemetery of Reconciliation as a mark of the times and their spirit of unity... 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